9 Sites With Killer Search Functionality

1. Hipmunk

Since its birth in 2010, Hipmunk has been praised for its unique search interface, an atypical departure from most other travel search platforms. Type in an origin and destination and Hipmunk organizes travel results into a colorful graph, which you can arrange by price, flight duration, number of layovers and "agony," which combines all of the above. What's great is you can create multiple searches at once and tab through to compare them at a glance.

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Google isn't the end-all giant of search design and functionality. Ecommerce sites and web archives are upholding an enviable standard of search, by customizing results based on individual consumer tastes.

Whether to research your term paper or shop for that cute purple scarf, you've learned that search tools and results can vary widely on the web.

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We've found nine sites that feature unique and engaging search interfaces. These web properties are able to cull pertinent search results by implementing Boolean language, sophisticated filters and interactive options.

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